Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1909 — RAISE FOR 35,000 STEEL WORKERS [ARTICLE]

RAISE FOR 35,000 STEEL WORKERS

Notices Already Posted at Some of the Plants. BIG CORPORATION SILENT Announcement That Wages Will Be Restored to What They Were Before Reductions Were Made Early In the Year—Affects Men In Several States. Independents Will Refuse to Make Any More Contracts at the Prices at Present Prevailing. Pittsburg, May 18. —Announcement la made here that 35,000 employes of iron and steel companies having headquarters here and in this vicinity will receive an advance in wages averaging 10 per cent the of June, or the first of July. Some of the manufacturers have already posted notices of the increase and others, it is said, will do so within a few days. The United States Steel corporation has made no announcement of an increase in wages,. but it is said the Jones & Laughlin Steel company, the Republic Iron and Steel company, and other independent companies will re store the wages paid prior to the first of last April when a general cut was made. At the general offices of the Republic Iron and Steel company notices have been posted of a revision of the wage scale on .lune 1. The Republic Iron and Steel company employs about 10,000 men at Chicago, Massillon, Youngstown. Birmingham, Moline, 111., East St. Louis. Muncie, Ind., Gate City, Ala., Thomas, Ala., Sharon, and Nev.Castle, Pa. The .Jones & Laughlin Steel com pany employs 10,000 men in this vicin ity and their wages, it is said, will all be Increased. It is also announced that after June 1, the independents will not accept any orders for steel at the present prices.